All changes are inseparable from their ancestors(wàn biàn bù lí qí zōng)

All changes are inseparable from their ancestors

Taoist philosophy. Zong: purpose, purpose. Although the form is varied, its essence or purpose remains unchanged. It means that things change from time to time. We should pay attention to observe the changes of things. When there is no change, we prepare in advance and take the change of things into full consideration. Solve the ever-changing development.

Idiom explanation

Interpretation: Zong: tenet, purpose. Although the form is changeable, its essence or purpose remains the same, and different paths lead to the same goal.

Idioms and allusions

Source: Xunzi · Ruxiao: "a thousand examples and ten thousand changes, one of the Tao." Zhuangzi · Tianxia: "it is not separated from Zong, which is called heaven and man."

Discrimination of words

Couplet: if you can't get out of the square, you can't change without your family. example: the speech of seeking husband has its essence, and changes without departing from its origin. (Ming poetry by Tan Xian in Qing Dynasty) usage: subject predicate type; as object and clause; it refers to various changes in form, and its essence or purpose remains unchanged attention: it is not that "all changes are inseparable from it lantern riddle: the same kind of tricks handed down by ancestors English: remaining essentially the same and corresponding changes & lt; changing without time from the original image stand & gt;

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